In this post, We will configure Gmail’s SMTP email alert wtih Grafana on ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04 LTS
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I believe you have already installed Grafana in your ubuntu machine if not, So then use the given link to install grafana on ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04 LTS.
https://www.techbeginner.in/2020/03/how-to-install-grafana-on-ubuntu-1604.html
You need to open the grafana’s main configuration file by uisng the given command and update the required parameters.
sudo vim /etc/grafana/grafana.ini
And update the given parameter to configure Gmail SMTP.
[smtp]
enabled = true
host = smtp.gmail.com:465
user = xxxxxxxxx@gmail.com
# If the password contains # or ; you have to wrap it with trippel quotes. Ex """#password;"""
password = XXXXXXXXX
;cert_file =
;key_file =
skip_verify = false
from_address = xxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com
from_name = Grafana
# EHLO identity in SMTP dialog (defaults to instance_name)
;ehlo_identity = dashboard.example.com
[emails]
;welcome_email_on_sign_up = false
Save and exit from the text editor.
Step 2: Restart Grafana Service
You need to restart the Grafana service to get new changes.
sudo service grafana-server restart
sudo service grafana-server statusConclusion
We have successfully configure Gmail’s smtp server in Grafana in our Ubuntu server.